I have been beaten over the head (metaphorically rather than literally) quite a lot over the past week or so – by lots of different people – all with the same question: Why don’t you update your blog more often?
The answer is mostly because I’ve been lazy. I have been on holiday, and just generally not caring so much about updating my blog for the past month or so. But, to your great relief, I am back. At least for this post :-)
So what’s been going on in my life since I last posted I hear you cry, or not. First, the PhD is over. Its done, finished, over. I handed in the final final copy almost a month or so ago now (though it was another few weeks before I received confirmation that the corrections I had done were adequate – but that’s another story). I have a job! The interviews passed, all went very well. I even had a final round interview with Google before I decided to accept the best job I interviewed for (note, that’s not the best job I applied for, but the best job I interviewed for). From next week I will be working at Foviance, developing their web analytics software. It’s a pretty big claim that it’s the best job I interviewed for, so I guess I had better back that up. The work they want/need me to do is a perfect combination of what I’m very good at, and what I most enjoy. That’s a big plus. It’s a small enough company to still have a good atmosphere, but not so small there are constant worries about being paid. The money is great, and its in almost the perfect area for me. Can you tell I’m looking forward to starting?
With the new job accepted (and the contract is even signed!) I can start to look at moving. I want to move to the Angel, and I have a flat mate sorted out, and lined up, and even started looking at flats. No great finds so far, but flat hunting is only fun if it’s actually a hunt, getting the perfect place straight away is just dull. So that’s going to be a lot of fun.
So that’s what’s been going on. More blog posts to follow in April. I’m going to try and post 2-3 a week throughout April, and see how that goes. Who knows, I might enjoy it and keep it up into may.
